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Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 785-805 : 798

Roella ciliata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 170. 1753.

“Habitat in Mauritania, Aethiopia.” RCN: 1340.

Lectotype (Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus’ Sp. Pl. (Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] “ Roellia ” in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 492, t. 35. 1738.

Generitype of Roella Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 131. 1929).

Current name: Roella ciliata L. (Campanulaceae).

Note: Adamson (in J. S. African Bot. 17: 132. 1951) indicated material in LINN as type but sheet 222.1 (LINN) lacks the Species Plantarum number (i.e. “21”), and is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name.